Ukraine nuclear power plants 'dangerously' without power as towers feeding energy to Crimea blown up
https://www.rt.com/news/323060-ukraine-nuclear-plants-danger/
Ukraine nuclear power plants dangerously without power as towers feeding energy to Crimea blown up
Published time: 23 Nov, 2015 06:10
In an eerie reminder of a possible nuclear catastrophe, a senior Ukrainian energy official revealed that the attack on transmission towers that cut off the delivery of electricity from Ukraine to Crimea also created an emergency situation at nuclear power plants.
The apparent act of sabotage in Ukraines Kherson region forced an emergency power unloading at several Ukrainian nuclear power plants, which can be extremely dangerous, according to the first deputy director of Ukraines energy company Ukrenergo, Yuriy Katich.
Russias Crimea was forced to switch to autonomous reserve power after transmission towers in the adjacent Ukrainian region were blown up, causing a blackout. Meanwhile, the repairs were delayed by Right Sector and Crimean Tatar activists attempting to block crews from getting to the scene. None of the groups have accepted responsibility.
All of these events have led to an additional emergency shutdown of the electrical network of two units at thermal power plants the Dnieper and Uglegorskaya and the emergency unloading by 500 MW of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. This includes Zaporozhskaya NPP and the South Ukrainian NPP. I want to stress that such emergency unloading of a nuclear plant it is very dangerous, 112. Ukraine online portal quoted Katich as saying.
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